- 44 b. regime 93. The general daily routine is laid down in Article 8 of the Decision on the “Internal Regulation of General Detention Establishments Type ‘A’ and ‘B’ by the Minister of Justice28, and is the same for all prisons in Greece. For most of the day, between 7.30 a.m. and 11.p.m., prisoners are not confined to their cells29 and, in theory, between 8 a.m. and midday and from 3 p.m. until half an hour before sunset, the prisoners can participate in sports, work, education and other participatory programmes. Additional out-of-cell time is allocated for holidays and during heat waves. However, in reality in none of the prisons visited was it possible to talk of a meaningful regime with purposeful activities for the majority of the prisoners 94. In Korydallos Women’s Prison the delegation was informed that some 125 prisoners were working as cooks, janitors and gardeners; that a further 93 took part in workshops once a week for painting, computing, jewellery and carpet making; that another 40 carried out odd jobs around the prison such as running the libraries or maintenance work. Six of the prisoners worked as assistant nurses. It should be noted that the delegation heard many positive comments about the weekly art workshop from inmates, and that securing one of the 30 places available was considered almost a privilege. The fact remains that less than half of the prisoner population were offered some form of organised activity (for which those who were sentenced could earn remission of either one day or three-quarters of a day for every day of work). On a more positive note, the women had access to the exercise yard for two hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon. In Chios Judicial Prison there were no organised activities for the vast majority of the prisoners. Some ten prisoners were employed in the kitchen and several undertook cleaning duties and administrative support (doctor’s assistant, storeroom, staff café). The director hoped to be able to organise some educational courses in the small classroom (equipped with seven children’s desks and chairs). However, it was more of a wish than a concrete project, given that the last course took place in December 2000. The only sports activities seemed to be football, in the concrete courtyard, and table tennis but it was up to the prisoners to purchase the equipment to play these games. The lack of any purposeful activities was also evident in both Komotini Judicial Prison and in Korydallos Men's Prison. 95. To sum up, the situation has not improved since the CPT’s visit in 2001, with the vast majority of prisoners (remand and sentenced), in the various institutions visited by the delegation, spending their days lolling around unproductively. The main distractions are television and associating with fellow inmates. A large number of inmates interviewed by the delegation complained about the lack of purposeful activities; further, given the considerable remission that can be earned through work there was equally resentment at the way in which the jobs available were distributed. 28 29 No. 58819 of 7 April 2003 (in Government Gazette Issue No. 463 of 17 April 2003). Prisoners are confined to their cells between 12.15 p.m. and 3 p.m.